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l AuUTO IU" PLUS . m TO YOU + \KFC i + l RECEIVE (MOST WINDSHIELDS) 10 PACK a SEA 1, Advan \ / C NR 5 _ _ _ Joining teachers as targets of the Tories‘ wrath are the aforementioned school boards. partially because of their lack of enthusiasm in aiding the attacks on teachers, but also because they insist on informing the public of the negative consequences of the province‘s funding formula The courageous actions of the Windsor public board (which recently informed Queen‘s Park that it had nowhere left to cut if it wanted to meet its mandate}, offer some hope. If local school board trustees took a similar action, they would earn the appreciation of every student, parent and citizen of Waterlow Region The other front in this war is likely to be teacher testing, part of the Harnsites‘ fixation with written tests. Ignoring the many ways in which teachers are already accountable for their performance, Ecker is pressâ€" ing ahead with this illâ€"conceived plan. Teachers already spend an inorâ€" dinate amount of their time preparing their students for standardized tests; now they‘ll have to waste additional time on a written test of their own. Of course, the Tories were infuriated their political objectives had taken a Scott Piatkowski back seat to others‘ desire to maintain the integrity of the school system. This anger is behind Harris and Ecker‘s latest pedagogical foray. Since no one besides them sees the wisdom of making teachers spend less time with more students (which is really what is at issue}, they have announced their intention to enforce a strict definition of "instructional time"â€"one which does not include time spent filling in for sick colâ€" leagues, or other tasks that most Teasonable people would view as inteâ€" gral to the successful operation of a school Moreover, given that many teachers (particularly in Ecker‘s home base of Durham Region, which failed to protect preparation time in contract negotiations} are responding to an increased worklaad by givâ€" ing up voluntary extraâ€"curricular activities, the Tomes are also threatâ€" ening to make them mandatory. Maybe they could call it "teachfare". to correspond to their other programs that require mandatory unpaid work Bill 160 was designed to squeeze money from the education system, partially by regulating the time that teachers spend on various aspects The latest phase of the Tories war on teachers includes battles over workload and teacher testing. Janet Ecker, the third education minister since 1995, talks a lot about dialogue and compromise, but she‘s every bit as stubborn as her predecessors in pursuing her rightâ€"wing ideology No one should be fooled by the "good cop, bad cop" routine of Ecker and her boss, Mike Harris. Both of them seem determined to pick a fight with educators, possibly because they believe that a third round of strikes will bring them the public support that eluded them during rounds one and two With two children just starung their journey through Ontario‘s school system, l am genuinely troubled on a personal level at the damâ€" age to that system that the Harris government has caused, or plans to cause. As a citizen concerned about the public good, 1 am even more worried about the dangerous path being followed by the Harrisites. Tories aren‘t done with school system yei AvornEr VIEW GLASS hoi ~y. s p f r %”%&?fi” roceme iminn i enc i i alpinatie ‘M» «h v 29 /1 2A > l o e o &M«“ x2 a e C jR SR Ee 6 . is 7 A &# t# CXP/NCS IN BUSINESS TO SERVE YOU!...SINCE 1987 q CLAIM manck 3100 1138 King East @ Ottawa Kitchener 576â€"18â€"55 any of their job. The more time they could put each teacher at the front of a classâ€" room, the fewer the number of teachers would be needed. Fortunately, negotiatâ€" ing with teachers‘ federations is done by local school boardsâ€"who know considâ€" erably more than the premier about how schools really work. Through some creâ€" ative bargaining in 1998, school boards and teachers managed to work out conâ€" tracts that allowed adequate preparation time, while sull respecting the requireâ€" ments of the legislation. Ean i 2002222222 FOR 7z your > * AUTOGLASS Perhaps we should adopt the old Chinese policy of killing newborn babies to stunt population growth. Maybe abandoning the tools of modâ€" ern society for a more traditional approach of hunting and gathering It seems that Adlys‘ source of inforâ€" mation (which she has conveniently not provided) is not known to profesâ€" sional experts involved in the Health Adlys failed to provide source of information on secondâ€"hand smoke issue In the March 15 issue (Waterloo Chronicle), Sonia Adlys states that "It is a proven fact that secondâ€"hand smoke is not a carcinogen..." (Letters, Page 8). I‘m a bit perplexed with David A Crow‘s view on the destructive nature al urban growth. Change and progress sustain the human race The Waterloo Chronicle welcomes letters to the editor. They should be signed with name, address and phone number and will be verified for accuracy. No unsigned letters will be published. Submissions may be edited for length, so please be brief. Copyright in letters and other materials submitted to the publisher and accepted for publication remains with the author, but the publisher and its licensees may freely reproduce them in print, electronic or other forms. Our mailing address is 75 King St. S., Suite 201, Waterloo, N2J1P2, our eâ€"mail address is wehronicle@sentex.net, and our fax number is 886â€"9383. LETT EB £ o Should overnight parking be @m Sa ( O | fi allowed in city lots? 10 PACK 1MEDIUM Advantage "People go out at night and do things. They might as well make it simple for them to find space to park." "The lots aren‘t being used anyway at that tme, so 1 don‘t see why not." Letters policy Throughout the lengthy history of the human race. change has always been resisted, innovation always questioned, and growth always feared; however, these are the very things that have sustained our race. If The March 16 issue of the Record quotes these results (Page A3) which establish a strong link between secondâ€"hand smoke and breast cancer. Similar results have been obtained by other researchers in would solve the problem. Unfortuâ€" nately for Mr. Crow, the human race moves forward. not backwards Canada Study whose results were published in the Cancer Causes and Control journal. TOWNE BOWL Adam Medri Sue Sinclair CAR WASH ONIC LE unrestricted growth is "sowing the seeds of our own destruction", as suggested by Mr. Crow, then the human race has been sowing seeds of destruction throughout its entire existence Proponents of smoking are, howâ€" ever, right in pointing to the appalling societal hypocrisy which permits the production and sale of cigarettes, cigars, pipes etc., an important source of tax revenue. Tom Fahidy, Waterloo the world over periods of time Who are we to stop now? STONE CHIP | PROTECTION AS LONG AS Yyou Own vour CaR! PROTECTION LIEETIME "People should be able to park anywhere withâ€" out a time limit, day or night. Just as long as it‘s not permanent overâ€" night parking." "I it‘s not affecting the daily businesses, then 1 think it should be allowed. It‘s hard enough to find parking; why not make use of it?" Michelle Bookjams Jesse Couch, Waterloo Neil Movold